compete

【发音】

美 /kəm'pit/ 英 /kəm'piːt/

【翻译】

1. vi. 比赛， 竞争， 对抗

   英释:if one company or country competes with another, it tries to get people to buy its goods or servicesrather than those available from another company or country

【记忆】

com(共同) ＋ pet(追求， 寻求) ＋ e → 共同追求一个目标 → 竞争

【例句】

1. The banks have long competed with American Express's charge cards and various shop cards.

   这些银行长期以来一直与美国运通公司的记账卡和各种商店卡竞争。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...a newly-developed off-price concept which might help it better compete with ambitious T...

2. (2014.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...Companies are more likely to succeed in the long run if they compete on quality or performance than on price...

3. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...She speculated that professors might try even harder to make classes interesting if they were to compete with the devices...

4. (2012.6 • CET6 • • 阅读理解)...colleges have to compete in the marketplace...

【同、近义词】

1. vi.竞争；比赛；对抗

   contest/war/cope/

【同根词】

1. adj

   competitive : 竞争的；比赛的；求胜心切的

   competing : 相互矛盾的；抵触的

2. adv

   competitively : 有竞争力地；好竞争地

3. n

   competition : 竞争；比赛，竞赛

   competitor : 竞争者，对手

   competitiveness : 竞争力，好竞争

4. v

   competing : 竞赛（compete的ing形式）